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further consists in the features of construction and combination ofparts hereinafter de- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus;

discharge end a and with a circumferential invented a certain new anduseful Improveover a gas-stove or other suitable heating de- FatentedAugust 4, i903.

FFICE.

CORA A. BUTLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STEAM ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,461, dated August4, 1903.

Application filed August'l, 1902.

To a. whom it may concern:

- Be it known that 1, 001m A. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have mentin Steamers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of devices which have for theirobject the discharge anddistribution of medicated steam or vapor for thepurpose of improving the health of the skin and for the cure of diseasesaifecting the membranes of the mouth and nose, and is especiallydesigned to purify and beautify the complexion by removing from the skinforeign substances and strengthening and invigorating it by the actionof the medicated steam thereon.

The invention more particularly relates to the means by which the steamis medicated and distributed over, the face or other portion of the bodyto be treated; and the invention scribed and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention,

Fig. 2, a view of the receptacle for the medicinal substances, showingthe screen or canopy for retaining the steam and the means by which itis supported; Fig. 3, a top or plan view of the aforesaidreceptacle withthe adjoining partsin position for supporting the steam-retaining screenor canopy; Fig. 4, a cross-sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 3,and Fig. 5 a longitudinal sectional view of the steam-discharge pipe andthe supportingtube to which the rose is attached.

The steam is generated in a tank or kettle A, which may be of anydesired shape, but is preferably made to havea tapering top or flange orring a for the support of the kettle vice. Into the mouth of thedischarge end is screw-threaded or otherwise attached a gooseneck B,having an upwardly-turned section I) and a downwardlyturned section 5',although it is plain that the steam-conveying pipe may be of, othershape than the one herein described. To the outer end of the gooseneckis attached the receptacle 0, pro- Serial No. 117,915, (No model.)

vided with a cap or cover 0, screw-threaded thereon or otherwiseremovably secured thereto forthe'purpose of retaining thereinpreparations used in the treatment of the skin or membrane to which thesteam after medication is to be applied. Outwardly extending from andentering the receptacle at a point above the point at which thegooseneck enters the receptacle is a steam-discharge pipe 0 of a lengthsufficient to provide for the secure support of the parts to be insertedthereon. Slidably mounted upon the steam-discharge pipe is asupporting-tube D, havingattached thereto at its outer end a rose D,whose converging side walls.unite in a short mouth d, brazed orotherwise fixedly secured to the inner wall of the carrying-tube at itsouter or free end, thereby forming an abutment or shoulder for thecontact of the outer end of the steam-discharge pipe when thecarrying-tube has been forced back into place thereon. Ahorizontally-elongated ring or collar E surrounds the carrying-tube atits inner end and contacts with the top and bottom thereof, leavingspaces a on each side of the carrying-tube between the outer wallthereof and the sides of the elongated ring or collar.

A screen or canopy supporting rack F, having, asshown,upwardly-diverging side arms f and a top or cross bar f, preferably ofcontinuous formation, has its sidearms bent or turned at the point oftheir greatest convergence to extend back through the spaces 6 betweenthe ring or collar and the supportingtube extending therethrough,andthese backward extensions of the rackare fixedly at tached betweenthe collar and the supporting-tube, thereby serving to more firmly uniteone to the other. Formed integral with the extensions of the arms of therack are the fingers G, turned or rounded to conform to some extent withthe curvature of the receptacle and having their ends 9 downwardlyturned to furnish an obtuse or rounded surface for contact with thereceptacle wlrenthe clasping-fingers are sprung into place thereon. Ascreen or canopy H, of a size sufficient to cover the head and shouldersof the person using the steamer, has one of its edges slipped down overthe steam-discharge pipe, so as to straddle it, and the carrying-tube isthen ICC slipped back onto the steam discharge pipe until theclasping-fingers are sprung back, forcing the screen or canopy aroundand against the receptacle and supporting and distending it by thecontact of the rack thereunder, as shown in Fig. 2.

In operation the tank or kettle is first filled with water and then thegooseneck is screwed down thereinto, after which the medicinalpreparations are placed in the bottom of the receptacle and the cover ofthe receptacle is screwed down into place, when the steamer is ready foruse. As soon as the steam is generated in the kettle it forces its waythrough the gooseneck and enters the receptacle, where it is thoroughlymedicated by contact with the preparations contained therein and fromthe receptacle is discharged through thedischarge pipe into the rose, bywhich it is distributed over the face or other portion of the body to betreated. While using the steamer the head and shoulders are entirelycovered by the screen or canopy, so as to prevent the escape of thesteam, and the canopy is so distended by the rack that it does notreadily-become soaked and heavy by the ac- .tion of the steam thereon,and, moreover, is

held away from the face of the person taking the treatment, therebygreatly facilitating the operation. The clasping-fingers, which arefixedly attached to and carried by the supportingtube, serve a triplefunction in that they serve to hold the canopy into close contact withthe receptacle, thereby preventing the escape of steam before contactingwith the face of the person being treated, and they also serve tohold-the rose firmly in operative relation to the steam-discharge pipe,and finally the supporting -fingers serve to prevent the lateral turningor movement of the screen or canopy supporting rack and serve to holdthe same in its operative position despite the weight of the canopythereon. It will thus be seen that the device is simple in constructionand operation and that it is so arranged that a few parts are enabled toperform all the functions necessary in the operation for which thedevice is intended.

WVhat I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a kettle ortank, a conveyingpipe therefrom, a receptacle for a medicinal compoundWith which the conveying-pipe is connected, a discharge-pipe leadingfrom the receptacle, and a distending-rack mounted on the discharge-pipeterminating in claspingfingers adapted to encircle the receptacle andhold-the rack in upright relation to the discharge-pipe, substantiallyas described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combinationof a kettle ortank, a steam-conveying pipe leading therefrom, a receptacle for amedicinal compound connected with the conveying-pipe, a steam-dischargepipe leading from the receptacle, a carrying-tube slidably mounted onthe discharge-pipe, a rose on the end of the carrying-tube, a distendingrack mounted on and carried by the carryingtube and a spring-clasp forholding the distending-rack in upright relation to the carrying-tube andholding the carrying-tube in position on the discharge-pipe,substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tank orkettle, a conveyingpipe leading from the tank or kettle, a receptaclefor a medicinal compound carried by the conveying-pipe, a discharge-pipeleading from the receptacle, a supporting-tube slidably mounted on thedischarge-pipe, a distending-rack fixedly attached to and carried I bythe supporting-tube and clasping-fingers fixedly attached to thesupporting-tube and adapted to encircle the receptacle under pressureand hold the distending-rack in upright relation to the carrying-tubeand to hold the carrying-tube on the discharge-pipe, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tank orkettle, a receptacle connected with the tank or kettle, a steamdischargepipe leading from the tank or kettle, a supporting-tube slidably mountedon the steam-discharge pipe, a rose provided with an inlet-mouth fixedlyattached to the inner wall of the carryingtube and forming an abutmentfor the outer end of the steam-discharge pipe, a distending-rack havingdiverging side arms and a cross-bar connecting the side arms,clasping-fingers connected with the arms of the distending-rack forholding the rack in upright relation to the supporting-tube and thesupporting-tube in upright position on the steam-discharge pipe and aring or collar surrounding the carryingtube and the ends of thesupporting-rack carried thereby, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a tank orkettle, a receptacle connected therewith, a steam-discharge pipe leadingfrom the receptacle, a carrying-tube slidably mounted on thesteam-discharge pipe, a rose on the end of the carrying-tube, adistending-rack fixedly attached to the carrying-tube and a screen orcanopy havingits edge held between the wall of the receptacle and theclasping-fingers encircling the receptacle and having its body distendedby the distending-rack, substantially as described.

' COR-A A. BUTLER.

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